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One block can offer a variety of different looks, all depending on the layout it’s placed in. That’s the topic of the newest Creative Spark article in the July/August issue of Quiltmaker. Using the block from Deborah Johnson’s Fresh Fleurs quilt (p. 22), I created some fun design variations in EQ7:

Hard to believe that the four quilts above all use the same, simple block! To get the details on how to make these layouts, check out the companion EQ7 lesson for the article on Quiltmaker’s site: One Block, Lots of Layouts!

Work on Image

Use this tool to display the Image worktable. The image worktable is great to use when you are scanning fabric, making photo quilts and quilt labels just to name a few! You can crop your images, adjust the color, turn colored images into black and white and much more!

To work on a new image:

1. Click the Work on Image button.

2. Click Image on the top menu.

3. Click Import Image.

4. Select the image you want to work on from the hard drive.

5. Click Open.

To edit an image from the Project Sketchbook:

1. Click the View Sketchbook button.

2. Click the Photos section.

3. Click directly on the image to select it.

4. Click Edit > to Image worktable. The Sketchbook will close and the image will display on the worktable.

The Image worktable

Below is a diagram of the Image worktable. This is where you enhance photos and prepare images for printing on photo fabric.

What can you do on the Image Worktable?

There are lots of effects you can apply from the image worktable. Here is a video about applying effects.

You can also: Increase/Decrease Color Depth, Resize the image, Balance color automatically, Change Red/Green/Blue (RGB) levels, Change Hue/Saturation/Luminosity (HSL) levels, Colorize to make not only sepia colored images, but desaturated images in any color, including 100% black and white images, Use Hue Map to change ranges of color in the image to other ranges on the color wheel, Channel mixer lets you change red, green, blue, and contrast levels to make creative color adjustments for any photo (and remove color casts from a photo), Create Colorway changes all the colors in an image according to ready-made palettes, custom palettes, or random palettes, for example making the sky pink and the flowers turquoise, View the Histogram to see different levels in the image, Adjust the Histogram, Equalize the Histogram, and Adjust Brightness and Contrast.

For more information, check out the lessons included in your EQ7 that talk more about the image worktable.

[This challenge has ended. Watch for winner announcement on Wednesday, July 29th.]

This block design challenge is open to everyone! All you have to do is color a block using fabrics from Timeless Treasure’s new Charleston collection by Revive and submit it by Monday, July 27th!
No sewing required! No software required!

Challenge Rules

1. Choose a block (or design your own) and color it with Charleston fabric(s). You may do this using any method you’d like: draw and color it on graph paper, design it using software, choose a block from EQ7, etc. You may use as many Charleston fabrics as you’d like and may also add 1 solid color. (A minimum of 1 Charleston fabric is required. You may not use fabric from any other collection. Winning block is not chosen by quantity of fabrics used.)
2. Submit an image/photo of your block using the Link Up feature at the bottom of this blog post by the deadline.
3. One entry per person.

Using EQ7?

If you’d like to use EQ7 for this challenge, draw or select a block in EQ7 and color it with Charleston fabrics using the free download below. You may also use 1 solid color if you’d like. Export a JPEG of your block and submit it using the Link Up feature at the bottom of this blog post.

In the Export Image box, next to Save in, navigate to the folder where you’d like to save the image. Next to File Name, type a name for your file. For Save as type, choose JPEG files.

In the Export Image File of Block box, input these settings:Dimensions: type in the width and height you used to design the blockResolution:150 dots per inchOutline patches and Outline blocks is optional.JPEG Quality:100

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